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Pilkington shareholders will vote in April on a formal offer by Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) for the remaining 80 per cent of the shares in Pilkington they do not currently own.
Azobuild.com reported that the new Part F of the Building Regulations for Northern Ireland will come into effect in June 2006.
Group sales climbed over 8 percent reports Saint-Gobain with contributions from the High-Performance Materials Sector for Ceramics, Plastics and Abrasives Divisions.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said the potential benefits of its planned 616 billion yen acquisition of Britain's Pilkington Plc far outweigh the risks.
Guardian Building Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Guardian Industries Corp., announced that it will invest $39 million and create 135 jobs with its purchase of a former Mack Truck facility in Winnsboro, S.C.
Union leaders are considering legal action against Pilkington, claiming the company failed to consult with its workers before agreeing to a £2.2bn takeover by Nippon Sheet Glass.
Guardian Building Products Inc. announced Thursday it would make an initial investment of $39 million and create 135 jobs in Fairfield County as it establishes its third South Carolina facility.
Staff at Swansea's Pilkington Glass have been reassured that their jobs are not at risk. The UK glass king, based in St Helens, Lancashire, is the latest in a string of British companies to be sold to foreign investors.
The contribution to business success in the shape of technology comes in many forms. For Pilkington it came with the help of a washing up bowl.Alastair Pilkington, then technical director of the "family" business, conceived the idea of…
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. announced Monday it agreed to acquire 80 percent of British glassmaker Pilkington plc in a strategy to expand its global production capacity.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said Monday that it will acquire the 80 percent stake it doesn't have of Britain's Pilkington PLC in a deal worth 358.5 billion yen (US$3 billion; euro2.6 billion).
CertainTeed Corporation, one of North America's leading building products manufacturers, is proud to announce a partnership with sister companies Norton Abrasives and BPB in a team sponsorship of the number 66 Best Buy Chevrolet for the 2006…
Guardian Industries Corp. announced at the 2006 International Builders’ Show its newest glass innovation, ShowerGuard™, the first and only temperable, permanently protected shower glass.
In keeping with its commitment to introduce state-of-the-art glass products, the Paris-based Multinational Saint-Gobain announced introduction of a rage of solar control reflective glass products.
Pilkington's chairman, Sir Nigel Rudd, stands to make £4.25m if, as expected, Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass returns with an agreed £2.2bn takeover offer this month.
On Febraury 12, 2006, Saudi Guardian International Float Glass Co., Ltd. (GulfGuard), along with its joint venture partners, Guardian Industries Corp., National Company for Glass Industries Ltd. (“Zoujaj”) and Al Zamil Group, held a groundbreaking…
Saint-Gobain, a Paris based global glass gaint, has accorded India as top priority zone in all its business ventures in Asia over the next five years, Jean Louis Beffa, chairman and chief executive officer has said.
Industrial Development Bureau, Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), indicated that Taiwan panel makers will invest NT$260 billion (US$8.04 billion) this year, with the overall industry value to exceed NT$1 trillion (US$30.1 billion) in Taiwan…
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein ups Pilkington (PILK.LN) to hold from sell, raises target price to 163p from 140p due to ongoing takeover discussions and following a sector re-rating.
Asahi Glass today announced the introduction of AsahiGuard E-SERIES, a new line of telomer chemicals that serve as fluorinated water and oil repellents for textile and paper.
Saint-Gobain Vitrage, Saint-Gobain’s Flat Glass Sector and Shell have signed a memorandum of understanding to produce next-generation solar panels.
Saint-Gobain SA said it has formed a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell PLC to develop a new technology of solar panels consisting of thin films of copper indium selenide (CIS) on glass, instead of traditional silicon wafers.
Deutsche Bank hikes target price on Asahi Glass (5201.TO) to Y1,900 from Y1,470, affirms "buy" rating; analyst says downward revision to last FY group profit estimates due mainly to temporary factors; adds large profit growth expected this…
Pilkington (PILK.LN) could come under pressure from Asahi Glass's (5201.TO) reduction in '05 operating income for its glass division, traders say.
Cie. de Saint-Gobain SA, Europe's biggest distributor of building materials, said second-half profit was little changed as costs related to the French company's acquisition of plasterboard maker BPB Plc countered increased demand in the U.…